Collocations for same - adj.

be, feel, look, seem, smell, sound, taste
They both taste just the same to me.

remain, stay

exactly, just, precisely
I had exactly the same experience.

not altogether, not quite
That's not quite the same thing, is it?

almost, basically, broadly, essentially, more or less, nearly, practically, pretty much, roughly, substantially, virtually
Your new job will be essentially the same as your old one.

as
Your dress is nearly the same as mine.

one and the same
In his work, form and meaning are one and the same.

Same is used with these nouns:
degree, direction, fashion, fate, footing, frequency, gender, intensity, kind, opinion, pattern, position, root, routine, sex, sort, source, tack, time, way